Government plans to make inheritance tax due on pensions, plus other changes to IHT rules, have seen a leap in people enquiring about the use of trusts to protect their wealth. So what are trusts, and ...

Government plans to slap inheritance tax on pensions are already galvanising families into action to protect estates before rules change in just over a year's time. These kick in from April 2027, but ...

Things get complicated when you’re in a relationship with someone. Because, for a lot of folks, once you’re with someone, you’re also intertwined with their other family members, too. This woman knows ...

Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, has already spoken about his unique approach to fatherhood. The Russian billionaire has offered to fund In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) for women under 37 who want ...

The largest generational wealth transfer in Canadian history is upon us, with baby boomer parents expected to pass $1 trillion in assets to their gen-X and millennial children by 2026. Yet despite ...

What if overnight, your financial situation meaningfully changed? For some of us, this can and does happen, whether due to an inheritance, a generous gift or a successful investment. When cash like ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The government has U-turned on its plans to launch an inheritance tax raid on farmers. After months of intense backlash and protests in Westminster, Labour has increased the threshold – the point at ...

Attractive women started showing up in summer 2024 at a fertility clinic in southern Moscow in response to an unusual marketing campaign: free sperm. The sperm belonged to Pavel Durov, billionaire ...

No 10 has largely played down health secretary’s comments In an interview published at the weekend, Wes Streeting, the health secretary, suggested that he would like Britain to join a customs union ...

The government has today (Tuesday 23 December) announced that the level of the Agricultural and Business Property Reliefs threshold will be increased from £1m to £2.5m when it is introduced in April ...

Jiří Viktor Daneš was Czechoslovakia’s first consul to Australia. His restored photos are now in a new book.  We spoke with ...